.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Crew U.S.A. provided explanatory Davis Mug statement.
United state single people beginners Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each scored victories leading the United States to a 2-1 Davis Cup triumph over Germany in the Davis Mug Group stage play at Hengqin International Ping Pong Facility in Zhuhai, China.
he towering Opelka opened up defeating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to lay the USA to a 1-0 top.
Proceeding his unbeaten Davis Cup launching, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to close the triumph.
The 32-time Davis Mug champ U.S.A. will certainly bet the Davis Cup label in Malaga, Spain, November 19-24, alongside Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy as well as two other nations still to be calculated.
" Yeah it is actually visiting be actually impressive. I presume each of the Americans are actually incredibly fantastic, whoever is actually heading to be there," Nakashima claimed. "Our company have a wonderful group of fellas that anyone can easily compete at the highest level.
" It is actually most definitely an exciting opportunity for American tennis, and whoever is actually heading to be able to play there certainly it's mosting likely to be actually an interesting full week.".
Today's dead heat covered a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's crew, which caught Group C along with victories over Chile, Slovakia and also Germany.
The United States succeeded eight of the 9 matches it played in Zhuhai with globe No. 40 Nakashima leading the fee along with a perfect 3-0 file. Nakashima has succeeded 12 of his final 15 suits as well as is supplying a sustained high performance degree that creates him a "problem" to play, Opelka stated today.
" Brandon's certainly an ordeal to defeat. He's kinda the fella that, he has a type of play where his amount the majority of the amount of time, he is actually visiting beat every person he's meant to trump," Opelka claimed. "That's what he is actually therefore good at. Playing him abstractly, he is actually going to obtain it done given that he's so regular and also he doesn't possess several flaws in his activity.
" He's link. He does not take down in any way. So he is actually kind of a nightmare to play as well as it is actually wonderful, it offers our company an ideally a much better position in the following group, to possibly prevent participating in Italy preliminary.".
The USA obtained the quarterfinals even with competing without its own five Leading twenty superstars-- United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe as well as Ben Shelton-- uploading pressure-packed 3-0 position draw Chile on Tuesday through which all 3 fits were actually chosen in significant third-set sudden deaths.
Captain Bryan are going to have some challenging roster selections to create in advance of the Davis Cup Final 8.
" It's kind of choice your toxin," Opelka mentioned. "Australia's a super-deep, hard group. Spain's certainly a preposterous group. Italy's crazy.
" So just about anything to make an effort to offer the A team-- Tommy, Fritz as well as Enemy, Shelton as well as Korda-- the most effective try that they can possess.".
Team C: United States (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Ping pong Center (in the house tough court) Zhuhai, China.
U.S.A. 2. Germany 1.
Reilly Opelka (U.S.A.) d. Henri Squire (GER), 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3.
Brandon Nakashima (USA) d. Maximilian Marterer (GER), 6-4, 6-2.
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz (GER) d. Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram (U.S.A.), 6-1, 7-6( 4 ).